“To try to put together another deal that might start to reduce the opposition that people have to spending this money on the Q. You know, some kind of different package. What that would be, obviously nobody could tell. But that would be my expectation of what would happen rather than lawsuits from these different parties.”

Backers of the renovation project say it will keep the arena competitive, which ensures it can attract as many events as possible to create local jobs.

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